MDA 8. 4.1860 Want of. TC 31.12.1864 Editorial re conversion of Old Lead. TC 4. 2.1865 Letters to Editor about Ditto and Poverty Gully. TC 18. 3.1865 Deputation to Melbourne. TC 21.10.1865 Site reserved 7a 1r for watering purposes. TC 13. 8.1870 Borough Council invite plans and specifications and tenders to erect 6' high paling fence around reserve. TC 10. 9.1870 Petition from ratepayers to Council praying that funds to be used to fence Reserve be used to level the Old Lead. Held in abeyance, as it is Council's intention to level the Lead when building the Storm Water Channel. TC 17. 6.1871 Young trees are growing up, the fence has never been put up, and altogether neglect is very apparent, a chronic condition of many municipal affairs. TC 11. 10.1873 CofE requests use of on New Year's Day. Declined as C ouncil will probably require it. TC 10.10.1903 Supposed drowning. TC 16.10.1903. The reserve is to be cleaned up. Also, motion lost in Council to buy a new boat. TC 17.10.1903. About the boat. TC 7.11.1903 Pavilion to be painted with three coats of white paint, also the spouting to be repaired. TC 21.11.1903 Painting completed, bandstand and bicycle track repaired. TC 5.12.1903 More painting, by P McLean. TC 9.4.1904 Annual Picnic held. TC 27.8.1904 Tramps a problem. tc 10.9.1904 Swagmen a problem, also a boat to be purchased. The painted notice re camping has been pulled down, etc. TC 31.12.1904 Borough cleaning up and repairing pier. TC 28.1.1905 Bathing in swimming dam forbidden between 6:00am & 7pm. TC 4.2.1905 Ditto, also fishing licences are 2/6. TC 11.3.1905 Bicycle track to be repaired. TC 18.3.1905 Public meeting about the bicycle track. TC 25.3.1905 Quadrille Club will hold usual fortnightly dances. Crockery to ne itemised, there have been breakages,etc. Council considering state of Bicycle track. TC 8.4.1905 The crockery inventory is completed. TC 24.6.1905 The poor state of the buildings mentioned at length at Council meeting. TC 24.6.1905 Again brought up at Council meeting. TC 8.7.1905 Shire engineer inspects bicycle track. TC 12.8.1905 The police have removed 58 swagmen from the reserve. TC 23.9.1905 Borough Council calls tenders for alterations to cycling track. TC 14.10.1905 Boat purchased, the "Alexandra". TC 9.12.1905 Boat is being damaged. TC 16.12.1905 The upgrading of the cycle track is a very poor job and required more work. Mr Roper is looking at means of protecting the boat. TC 13.1.1906 Covering for the boat at the south side of the jetty has already been damaged. Much vandalism at the reserve. The Fighting Gladiator statue erected at the entrance has been destroyed, etc. Tc 10.2.1906 The boat is a white elephant. Tc 17.2.1906 W Radnell hires it. Float valve is playing up. Life saving appliances to be acquired. TC 24.1.1906 Fire Brigade Sports. Tc 24.3.1906 Meth Sunday School Picnic. Tc 12.5.1906 Fire Brigade Euchre party etc. RC 6.4.1907 Annual Picnic. Tc 13.4.1907 The boat is unfit for use. TC 22.2.1908 Tc 23.5.1908 The water pipes are blocked again Tc 21.11.1908 Destruction to buildings, etc. TC 2.1.1909 Fire Brigade Sports Tc 13.2.1909 The school is being repaired, the children are at the Pavilion. TC 17.7.1909 Damage to the Pavilion. TC 13.11.1909 Carnival Tc 13.11.1909 Annual combined Sunday Schools picnic TC 27.11.1909 C of E carnival Tc 26.2.1910 Presb. Concert TC 23.4.1910 Work to be done on fence TC 7.5.1910 Forest workers Sports Tc 18.6.1910 Vandalism TC 17.12.1910 Boys not to swim in dam in daytime. Also, the reserve is in a bad state. Swagmen, filth, boat knocked about, etc. TC 11.2.1911 Boys using the swimming dam are causing a lot of damage, fences, filth under the bandstand. TC 15.4.1911 Fences are to be repaired Tc 13.1.1912 Rabbits in the embankment Tc 27.4.1912 AMEA sports held TC 17.8.1912 Mech's Inst sports to be held 4 Sept. Tc 14.9.1912 Mech's Inst Sports Tc 14.9.1912 The gents urinal is in a bad state, also there has been a fire. Tc 7.12.19112 Picnic Tc 15.3.1913 Tenders invited for fencing. Tc 22.3.1913 FMEA Sports Tc 19.4.1913 Presb Sports Tc 12.7.1913 Vandalism, also hedging to be planted Tc 6.9.1913 Concert Tc 13.9.1913 Disrepair Tc 20.9.1913 Good report - a new football ground Tc 27.9.1913 Working Bee TC 4.10.1913 Ditto TC 18.10.1913 Tc 25.10.1913 TC 8.11.1913 TC 15.11.1913 CofE Carnival TC 22.11.1913 Ditto TC 29.11.1913 FMEA sports, Boxing Day Tc 3.1.1914 FMEA sports Tc 17.1.1914 Fishing Tc 7.3.1914 Working bee, good report TC 21.3.1914 Mech's Sports Day Tc 4.4.1914 Levelling, etc. Tc 11.4.1914 More Tc 18.4.1914 Good Letter. Tc 25.4.1914 Another letter Tc 13.6.1914 Grading,etc Tc 18.7.1914 Working bee TC 14.11.1914 The reservoir bank has been raised, the water is very low, and the reservoir will be excavated. TC 21.11.914 FMEA sports TC 21.11.1914 SS picnic TC 19.12.1914 FMEA sports Tc 9.1.1915 FMEA sports TC 16.1.1915 . Gladstone Street is being reticulated. . The reservoir watershed is to be enlarged . New tank installed at the pavilion . Rollers and cable installed to the pavilion doors. Tc 8.5.1915 Belgian Day Tc 15.5.1915 Borough Council decides to make the reserve fit for football, the bandstand will be removed, etc. Tc 12.6.1915 Bandstand moved, tenders to be called to move gates, grading in progress. Tc 3.7.1915 Tenders called to remove and re-erect gates Tc 14.8.1915 The gates have been moved, the rotunda permanently fixed, . The old football change rooms have been brought up and re-erected. Tc 2.10.1915 Council is concerned about weight of water, catchmenst are extended. TC 9.10.1915 Band will hold monthly concerts. TC 11.12.1915 FMEA sports TC 25.12.1915 FMEA Sports TC 8.1.1916 FMEA sports Tc 24.6.1916 Imrovements Tc 8.7.1916 Cr A Newman had much to do with the improvements, 840 loads of soil were carted to fill up the arena Tc 16.9.1916 Sports at the Race Course Tc 30.9.1916 CofE Carnival TC 9.12.1916 Ditto Tc 7.7.1917 Fencing TC 19.5.1917 Good report on improvements TC 3.11.1917 School picnic TC 17.11.1917 CofE Carnival TC 1.12.1917 Ditto TC 10.5.1918 YMCA sports Tc 24.5.1918 Ditto TC 31.5.1918 Ditto TC 7.6.1918 Very Successful TC 15.11.1918 Cof E carnival TC 22.11.1918 Ditto TC 29.11.1918 Boxing Day sports Tc 6.12.1918 Sports programme IA 30.8.1929 Cricket Club seeks permission to put down a cricket pitch at the football ground. IA 8.11.1929 Concrete pitch has been laid. ----- This data is part of the David Gordon Index and is provided for private use only. Copyright David Gordon 2012.